We are a Disney-loving family.
I realize that there are some people who hate Disney and who avoid it at all costs. And, there are others who love it and go every year. We're in the "love it camp - even though we don't go every year. Pretty close though... The boys have been 3 times - every two years so far. This August was Emily's first trip to Disney and our first big trip as a family of 5. We flew there even though it's not a terrible drive from Georgia. And, what a difference a year makes for a plane ride!! Emily was calm and nice and sat in her chair quietly and drew pictures or watched her DVD player. A far, far, far cry from our terrible, nightmare/disaster of a flight last year in China. (see post about that here: http://1morepiece.blogspot.com/2014/07/first-airplane-ride-nightmare-for-all.html)
Although I know Emily is always up for a trip and is always ready to do anything with her brothers, I did have some vague worries about how she would react to Disney, whether she would be able to see everything, how hot and sunny it might be (very), and how and whether she might like the rides. Unlike most 2.5 year olds, she isn't completely immersed in the Disney princesses. This is a function both of the fact that she doesn't really watch TV (Our main TV is high on the wall in the den and I think it's just too far away for her to want to pay a lot of attention to it. We will have to rectify that in years to come.) and that her brothers are not into Disney princesses. But, no matter (and we were spared from the long princess lines and from the princess boutiques and souvenirs), she loved Mickey and Minnie and everything else.
She rode rides (including the "kiddie" roller coaster because she is 37 inches tall), watched parades, danced with characters, took pictures, played in the pools, sweated the days away with the rest of us, waited in lines, made "friends" with people on the Disney buses (she loves to say "hi"), took some naps in the stroller, and chose as her souvenir a red, glittery Minnie Mouse purse. Who doesn't need one of those? Her favorite rides were Dumbo and Small World. She took it in with the same wonder and awe and happiness that any child does on his/her first trip to Disney. She stayed up late and ate ice cream and sang and danced and generally had a wonderful time!
In case anyone wonders whether a child with albinism can enjoy Disney in August, I think these pictures show that the answer is absolutely YES (but everyone will be really sweaty all the time)! We used lots of sunscreen and hats and glasses and then we otherwise just tried to enjoy every minute of our last hurrah of summer. The kids (with Emily leading the band) can't wait to go back!
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